Under the new Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the federal law that regulates industrial chemicals, EPA has announced the first ten harmful chemicals to be evaluated for risks to human health and the environment. Read more »

The Bureau of Land Management rule is designed to cut the volume of natural gas that's vented and flared each year into the atmosphere from roughly 100,000 new and existing wells on federal and tribal lands. The rule is projected to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by as much as 35%. Read more »

In a stunning victory for PSR and our international partners, the United Nations First Committee voted October 27 to begin negotiations in 2017 for a nuclear weapons ban treaty. Read more »1 comment(s)

It was a decisive victory for nuclear disarmament advocates -- including PSR. On October 27, an overwhelming majority of UN member nations approved a resolution setting negotiations in motion for a treaty to legally prohibit nuclear weapons, leading to their elimination. Read more »

The last hurdle to formally adopting the Paris Climate Accord was cleared this week with the EU’s endorsement. Twenty-eight EU nations have simultaneously ratified the agreement, crossing the threshold of representing 55 percent of global emissions. Read more »

Last summer the U.S. updated the federal law (Toxic Substances Control Act-TSCA) that regulates chemicals in manufactured products. EPA's first major decision under the reformed TSCA is the choice of which chemicals to review first. Read more »

On October 15, 2016, the Tufts University School of Medicine will host a one-day symposium to examine the catastrophic public health consequences of climate change and the ways that climate change will increase the risk of conflict, including nuclear war. Read more »

Thank you for signing on to PSR Security Program petitions! On September 15, PSR representatives delivered three petitions to White House Office of Public Engagement staff, with the names of signers that totaled 4657 signatures. Read more »

Last year, the United Nations First Committee--which is in charge of nuclear disarmament--created the "Open Ended Working Group on Taking Forward Multilateral Disarmament Negotiations" (OEWG). Read more »